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Australia: Legalise Pot For Sick Kids, Say Mums

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3 Aug 2014
Source: Sunday Mail (Australia)

Website: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/sundaymail
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/435
Author: Matthew Killoran


LEGALISE POT FOR SICK KIDS, SAY MUMS

TWO Queensland mums have made desperate pleas to legalise marijuana to save their children's lives, including one who is just 16 months old.

Sunshine Coast mum Sally White fears for the life of her 16-month-old daughter Zali, who suffers from a rare genetic disease and cannabis could be the only option to ease her suffering.

Zali was diagnosed with Aicardi syndrome, where a part of the brain is missing, resulting in frequent seizures. Ms White says a cannabis strain in the US, known as Charlotte's Web, is being used to treat children suffering from epilepsy and seizures.

She tells Channel 9's 60 Minutes tonight how the drug could stop her daughter from enduring up to 40 seizures a day.

However, she cannot legally access the drug in Australia and is not willing to break the law.

Brisbane mother Lanai Carter is investigating Chartlotte's Web for her son Lindsay, whose brain tumour has left him suffering headaches, nausea and seizures.

She is heading to the US to try to secure the controversial treatment for her child.

Ms Carter said chemotherapy would not work on the tumour and she had been warned surgery could aggravate the situation.

The strain of marijuana both mothers are seeking is low in THC, the part of the drug which creates a "high".

While no movement to legalise marijuana in Australia has gained much ground, it is a different case in the US.

There are 23 states in the US which have legalised medicinal marijuana.

In January, Premier Campbell Newman said he had an open mind on the subject of medicinal marijuana, but that it was not a call for the State Government to make.


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Normally I'd say Campbell Newman is just passing the political buck, but it's the federal laws which need to be changed, and I have my doubts that as long as the conservative coalition is in power under "Captain Catholic" such reforms will ever take place.

https://www.google.com.au/search?client=opera&q=tony+abbott+captain+catholic&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest&gws_rd=ssl

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There are so many medical applications for this substance , unfortunately big Pharma will never allow it because it will destroy thier entire industry built of Lies!

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